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Re: Rename max_parallel_degree?

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: "David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>
Cc: Josh berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>, Peter Geoghegan <pg@heroku.com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Noah Misch <noah@leadboat.com>, David Rowley <david.rowley@2ndquadrant.com>, Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2016-05-31T18:17:00Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
"David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com> writes:
> On Tuesday, May 31, 2016, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>>> I really think that a GUC named "max_parallel_workers", which in fact
>>> limits the number of workers and not something else, is the way to go.

> If going this route I'd still rather add the word "assisting"
> or "additional" directly into the guc name so the need to read the docs to
> determine inclusive or exclusive of the leader is alleviated.

Dunno, "max_assisting_parallel_workers" seems awfully wordy and not
remarkably clearer.

			regards, tom lane